Shen Lijuan's eyes welled up with tears as the mother and son made her furious. She was so angry she was about to explode!

If her mother hadn't said before she went to the countryside that she wouldn't take care of her anymore or send her money, and hadn't been hoping she could get some food to send home, she wouldn't have done any work now and would have just wanted to leave!

Damn it! This country bumpkin, this poor wretch, is bullying her just because he knows how to harvest wheat! Looking at her black, chicken-claw-like fingers, she was so disgusted she couldn't eat.

Wang Huan was completely oblivious to Shen Lijuan's tears. He wasn't a man, so even if she cried her heart out, it was like flirting with a blind man.

There are men around, but everyone is busy harvesting, who has time to watch the educated youth cry! If we don't take advantage of the good weather and hurry up and harvest the wheat, what if the weather turns bad and it rains? Then we'll have nowhere to cry!

So Shen Lijuan cried for a long time but no one comforted her. Wang Huan had already gone to work! She stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to do!

Actually, you can't blame Wang Huan for this. Although she's not a great person, as a farmer, she's definitely dedicated to her crops. How could she not be angry when she saw Shen Lijuan wasting so much food? That's a huge handful of grain! Enough to feed a child.

Moreover, she kindly taught Shen Lijuan step by step, but Shen Lijuan said she had learned it and wanted to try it out. As a result, when she put her hand on the wheat stalk, the wheat fell to the ground with a snap.

Before Wang Huan could even utter a sound of protest, Shen Lijuan's wheat fell to the ground!

Wang Huan's heart ached just watching it!

Such a huge handful of wheat! Just like that, scattered in the field! Good heavens! If it weren't for the fact that Shen Lijuan was a new educated youth, but if she were someone from the village, Wang Huan would have already swung his hand at her!

So when she saw that Shen Lijuan still had the nerve to cry, she stopped caring and started doing her own work!

Although everyone around was busy working, they were all listening intently. In this era with little entertainment, listening to gossip was everyone's hobby. If it weren't for the harvest season, they would have all come over to see what was going on!

Xie Yan listened to the gossip silently, without any intention of going out to show off. He was barely able to protect himself, let alone at this time. He was well aware of what food meant, especially since the brigade leader had just specifically reminded him. Xie Yan was truly impressed that Shen Lijuan had done such a thing!

They deserve to be scolded!

He carefully harvested the wheat. Although he wasn't very fast, he really didn't waste a single grain. He would pick up any wheat that was too short and put it together.

After cutting a section, I would subconsciously look back to see if any ears of wheat had fallen.

Liu Cuihua also saw Xie Yan's things. Although she worked slowly, fortunately there was no waste and she didn't need to redo them, so she didn't say anything.

Seeing that he had gone back to pick up the fallen wheat ears, she said, "You don't need to worry about the fallen wheat ears. Children will come to pick them up later. You just keep cutting yours!"

Xie Yan nodded, "Okay, Grandma Liu!"

Xie Yan also knew that the old lady's surname was Liu, because he had just heard someone call her Granny Liu.

Xie Yan became more and more skilled at his work, and all that could be heard was the clattering sound of wheat being cut. As the crying gradually subsided, the team leader's rough, cursing voice suddenly reached his ears.

Startled, Xie Yan heard a shout, "Go back! What are you doing here now? Why didn't you eat lunch in your dorm before coming over! Are you trying to impress the two of you?!"

"Didn't anyone tell you that it's harvest season right now? Everyone's time is extremely precious; every minute is a race against time. And you guys, taking your time to come here now, what, are you here to play? If so, go back to your city and play. You're wasting everyone's time. Go back! Go back!"

Wang Hongmei was an impatient person, and she couldn't stand being spoken to like that. She retorted directly, "It's only a little past seven o'clock, how is it late? I think you're deliberately making trouble for us! We're here to help build the countryside, and you're deliberately making things difficult for us. You just arrived and you're already giving us a hard time. Do you think that will make us afraid of you? Impossible!"

The brigade leader was so angry that he didn't want to say anything. He turned around and started working, ignoring the two educated youths.

Wang Hongmei and Yuzhen stood on the path, furious. Seeing that the brigade leader ignored them and everyone else was busy with their own work, and that no one in the educated youth community was standing up for them, they felt even more aggrieved!

Seeing everyone else busy, the two of them standing idly on the road felt both awkward and embarrassed.

Seeing that the brigade leader really didn't intend to deal with them anymore, Wang Hongmei pulled Yuzhen and turned around and went back!

They got up so early, ate a quick breakfast, and rushed over. They didn't expect things to turn out like this, and these people are still causing them trouble. They should just go back!

Those around who saw the two people secretly shook their heads.

Why!

Liu Yihong saw them leaving and sighed. Oh well, he had said everything he needed to say. He had even talked to them about it last night. What could he do if they wouldn't listen?

You came to the countryside with city habits; how will you adapt here? Thinking about this gave him another headache. Sigh!

Looks like there's more trouble ahead!

Don't think you're happy just because you don't have to work. The head of a village has a lot of power. Even if the head of the village is generous and doesn't mind, what will you do if you have nothing to eat all year round? Not to mention that you'll have to pay out of pocket at the end of the year unless your family sends you money and food. Otherwise, how will you live?

Don't think you can just buy grain. Not only do you need grain coupons, but you might not even be able to get any.

The small amount of grain that the brigade leader distributed to the newly arrived educated youth was enough for those with small appetites to eat only half full each day, and it would only last for a month.

If you don't work hard now, you won't get any grain when the harvest comes, and then you'll know how bad it is!

Of course, it wasn't that the brigade leader deliberately gave them less; it was just that everyone was like that, and being half full was already considered very good.

Xie Yan and Gu Bin had heard about the situation from Liu Yihong last night. Neither of them were stupid; they understood what was going to happen.

Moreover, even if Liu Yihong hadn't said anything, Xie Yan already knew about the extent of the food shortage.

Every time he went to buy grain in the city, he had to queue at the grain station in the middle of the night, and even then, he wasn't guaranteed to get any. Xie Yan had the chance to queue once, and it really overturned his understanding. It was 1 a.m., and there was already such a long queue.

What a terrible thing!

Here, if you don't work, you won't get work points; without work points, you won't get food; and if people don't eat, they'll starve to death.

Xie Yan couldn't understand Wang Hongmei and Yuzhen's thoughts at all.

"Maybe they're rich," Xie Yan guessed. "Otherwise, they wouldn't have done something so outrageous. You're late on your first day of work!"

Talented!

Even if you were working in your past life, no one would be late on their first day of work!